Rate control in the medical management of atrial fibrillation
Population
Patients with atrial fibrillation
Comparison
Rate control vs Rhythm control
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Guideline AF rate-control targets warrant cautious use given absent trial validation; leaves open the need for RCTs to establish optimal thresholds.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Patients with atrial fibrillation
I
Intervention
Rate control (negatively chronotropic drugs or electrophysiological/surgical interventions)
C
Comparator
Rhythm control (electrical or pharmacological cardioversion or electrophysiological/surgical interventions)
Current guidelines recommend specific heart rate targets for rate control in atrial fibrillation, but these targets lack validation from controlled clinical trials.
Cite This Study
Camm et al. (2006) studied this question.